Man Found Stabbed to Death in the 1600 block of Fuller Street, NW

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a fatal stabbing which occurred in the 1600 block of Fuller Street, NW.

On Saturday, February 2, 2013, at approximately 6:48 pm, units from the Third District responded to the 1600 block of Fuller Street, NW for the report of an unconscious person. Upon arrival, they located an adult male lying on the floor inside a residence suffering from apparent stab wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel responded and did not find any signs consistent with life. The decedent remained on the scene and was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the District of Columbia, pending an autopsy.

The decedent is identified as 68-year-old Howard Venable, Jr. of Northwest, Washington, DC.

The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone that provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons wanted for any homicide committed in the District of Columbia. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at (202) 727-9099. Additionally, anonymous information may be submitted to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by text messaging 50411.

Update from MPD:

“Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch have announced that an arrest has been made in the fatal stabbing which occurred in the 1600 block of Fuller Street, NW.

On Sunday, February 3, 2013, at approximately 8:08 pm, detectives from the Homicide Branch arrested 21-year-old David Jamal Wilson of Northwest, DC, charging him with First Degree Felony Murder while Armed in the stabbing death of Howard Venable, Jr.”

I was walking by DC USA saturday night around 10 and saw a trail of blood, a good amount spanning almost two blocks. Do you think this guy was stabbed there and made it to fuller street? Did anyone else see the blood by DC USA saturday night or know any thing about what happened?

we saw a bike lock laying in the sidewalk and then the blood trail…we figured someone could have wacked someone with that which cause the bleeding…but it looked more like a stab wound from the drips. Somewhat shocking no one saw what happened in front of that area which was extremely crowded even at 10PM. Maybe im just in a little shock i just moved to the neighborhood and have never seen blood spatter on the sidewalks before.

Saw this too – southbound side of 14th Street from Irving to Park (at least) around 11pm. I doubt it’s related (that’s a long way to go if you’re leaking that much blood) but does anyone know what that was all about?

The blood in question appears to have been left over from an incident last night around 945pm where a suspect broke out a storefront window (dentist office) and cut himself in the process. The suspect was last seen fleeing on a bike and left a long blood trail in the process.